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Show DIXIE PROJECT, UTAH 73 I think in this particular area this project is outside the political arena. Mr. DUNCAN. Forgive me; I was being facetious. That is all. Senator BENNETT. I led with my chin. Mr. ROGERS, Mr. White? Mr. WHITE. I would like to welcome the Senator here and say that I happened to be with him at the Dixie project inspection and hearings last winter. I was very much impressed by them. Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Gill? Mr. GILL. NO questions. Mr. ROGERS. Thank you so much, Senator. Senator BENNETT. Thank you. Mr. ROGERS. Thank you for your presentation. Our next witness scheduled this morning is our colleague, Congressman Sherman Lloyd, a Member of Congress from the State of Utah and the author of H. R. 4178. It is good to have you before the subcommittee, Mr. Lloyd. STATEMENT OF HON. SHERMAN P. LLOYD, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF UTAH Mr. LLOYD. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. I will make a brief statement. It was a pleasure to go along with my colleague, Congressman Burton, from the State of Utah, when this subcommittee was in the St. George vicinity in October of 1963. Inasmuch as the physical and financial details of this project are already a matter of record, my testimony will be brief in support of other witnesses. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I am pleased to appear before you once again to speak for a project that meets all economic criteria and which is badly needed to develop the resources of southwestern Utah. The Dixie project is, as you know, in even sounder condition than the last time you considered it. The State of Utah has given its formal notice that it will underwrite highway relocation costs of some $ 1,904,000. Proposed power and water rates have been increased, in agreement with the affected parties. The net result of these changes is to bring the payback period within 50 years and to eliminate any need for tapping funds from other projects. Rather than taking any funds from Hoover Dam, this project will be a major benefit to the lower basin interests. Dams and reservoirs on the Virgin and Santa Clara Rivers proposed in this project will materially reduce the silt working its way downstream into Lake Mead. Downstream users will be protected from the too much or too little waterflows characteristic of rivers in this area. Of the $ 42,673,000 estimated construction costs, all but^ $ 3^ 444,000 will be reimbursed by the beneficiaries. Of the nonreimbursable costs, $ 1,808,000 is allocated to recreation, $ 1,494,000 to fish and wildlife, $ 142,000 to flood control. |
